This volume in the successful Made Easy series is aimed at all doctors working in accident and emergency departments to help remind them of the common nerve block techniques. These techniques can be difficult to master and require great precison. Each procedure is described in step-by-step detail along with accompanying colour illustrations.
Volume in successful Made Easy series. Short practical account of commonest local and regional anaesthesia techniques as will be encountered by junior doctors working in accident and emergency. Highly illustrated with colour photographs showing step by step procedures.
Introduction. Local anaesthetic toxidromes and complications. Topical anaesthesia. Local anaesthesia. Basic dental and oral local anaesthesia. Haematoma block. Intra-articular local anaesthesia. Intrapleural block. Intravenous regional anaesthesia. Nerve block regional anaesthesia. Procedural sedation and analgesia.
Urgentiste, Professeur et consultant, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, et Netcare Union Hospital Emergency Department, Johannesbourg, Afrique du Sud
